Sales Finance Analyst

Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company? At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you! Job Description: What will you work on? As a Sales Finance Analyst, you will partner with the Sales Customer Development teams to provide all aspects of analysis across customers channels to ensure profitable growth and strategic decision making; additionally, you will utilize and enhance financial models, transform data into actionable insights, and identify paths to improve the overall planning and forecasting process. How will you create impact? Provide actionable insights to the Sales Customer Development teams and deliver financial commitments, ensure accurate forecasts, identify risks/opportunities, and evaluate customer profitability Advance customer PL’s and associated reporting needed to communicate customer results against plan Responsible for monthly and quarterly reporting of actuals and variance analysis for the management team Work in financial models and analysis to support strategic initiatives Support overall customer investment, including trade investment, deductions, returns and other customer driven allowances Partner with customer teams to improve periodic sales and trade estimates, through insightful questions and analysis Collaborate with Finance and Sales teams to highlight customer investment opportunities and efficiencies Assist with pre-spend and post-spend promotional analytics to drive higher ROI and margin delivery Provide timely and accurate analytics to support actionable and strategic business decisions Develop presentations on relevant operating and financial metrics in an easy-to-understand format for the business to use in driving well informed decision making Ad hoc financial analysis (Business case evaluation, pricing reviews, etc.) What are your skills and experience? Bachelor's degree with an emphasis or major in the field of accounting or finance; MBA preferred Experience in a Finance position in a mid to large consumer goods business Experience working within a customer/sales finance team; understanding of go-to-market trade strategies in a CPG organization Exceptional financial acumen: analytical, financial modeling and reporting skills required High proficiency with MS Excel PowerPoint or GSuite tools Knowledge of and enthusiasm for the toy industry is a plus Experience using BI tools, Tableau preferred #LI-Hybrid #LI-HM1 The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Connecticut is $80,000 to $90,000 Per Annum. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states. This job posting is tied to an open vacancy. What you can expect from us: Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun. Growth and Career Opportunities Flexible Work Hours Innovation, Collaboration and Fun Comprehensive Benefits Other fun Perks! What’s it like to work here? Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team. Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @SpinMaster to stay up to date on Spin Master career opportunities. We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.